Camera phone catch up

I've heard it said that the best camera is that one that you have on you. 

I don't doubt that that is completely true. 

But would you please take a look at these camera phone pictures and tell me that compared to my regular photos the quality doesn't make you a little bit sick. 

I should always, ALWAYS have my real camera with me and never be forced to use my camera phone.

But let's be realistic. I couldn't have used my real camera to take some of these photos. 

Like the precious (sneaky) photo of one of my lecturers and his sweetbomb neckerchief. 

Ross in his wedding suite. I'm going to brag and tell you all it's a Hugo Boss. (True story)

He is so freakin handsome. 

This is the photo that flashes up when Annie calls me. 

Check out the colour of her hands compared to her face.

She has the worst circulation. 

I have no idea what to say about this picture. 

An interesting/creepy fact about it though is that I remember I wasn't wearing any underwear when I took this. (HA!)

We'd been swimming and I went to the swimming pool with my cozzy on underneath. Being the dimwit that I am I forgot to take underwear to put on afterwards.

Again, not a clue what to say about this. And I don't even have an interesting/creepy fact to share either.

Emily had a spray tan. 

Compared to her I look like I have vampire skin. 

This is what happens when my brother lets me cut his hair. 

I would love to report he kept it this way. 

He didn't.

Well, actually my Mom wouldn't let him. I don't know why.

I don't feel like this needs an explanation. 

Basically, I love Friij, The chocolate brownie edition.

When Emily & I go to Pizza Hut, we have ice cream for dessert, and basically become ice cream artists. 

(In my head, I;m saying artists like arteests.)

 Costco. Precious Costco.

 I love Costco. Precious Costco. 

I would live in, precious Costco. 

If they let me. Because I love Costco. 

Precious Costco.

 Somehow, Ross managed to get a potato with cheese, beans, and chilli.

It looked disgusting. And it smelled disgusting. 

He liked it though.

I did this! I was so flippin proud! 

I'm not sure why we bought a dart gun & target. 

Sometimes our coolness is just inexplicable.

This is one of my lecturers. 

He is seriously cool. Seriously.

Check out his neck scarf. That is sufficient proof of him being coolbomb.

At Easer, we have hot cross bun scones.

They are saweet.

This is what happens when I leave Ross alone in ikea.

He didn't even move when children were hovering around...

I made this. And I am so proud of myself. 

I need...

....more of these in my life. 

Cookies from Costco. (Precious Costco.) Of the double chocolate chip variety.

Ode to Costco

Costco. Precious Costco.

I love Costco. Precious Costco.

I would live in, precious Costco

If they let me.

Cos' I love Costco. Precious Costco.

(Repeat for as many times as whoever you are with can stand. 

And then do one more round for good measure.)

I made up this song. Can you tell? This is what I sing when we go to Costco. Or when we drive past Costco. Or when someone mentions Costco. Or if I'm eating something from Costco. Or if I think about Costco. (Not really. I only sing it when we go there.) But I love my Costco song. Namely because it combines my love of Costco with the word precious. Precious. Precious is a wonderful word. 


I do not hide the fact that I love Costco. I love it so much that the other day me & Mr.K decided that in the event of some cataclysmic apocalypse style disaster, we will take refuge in Costco. They have everything you could ever need. Even if the whole world outside of Costco is destroyed, you could survive. In fact you could do more than survive. You would even still be able to celebrate your birthday for crying out loud! (Costco carrot cake is the bomb! Bring me slice of that carrot-y heaven and you will earn yourself some major points.) Because think realistically. You'd have food and drink (refillable soda anyone?), ovens to make the food in, cakes, CROISSANTS, beds, sofas, bikes, books, TVs, massage chairs, clothes, shoes, sweets, blankets, cushions, magazines, helium balloon pumps, wrapping paper (important if you have a birthday coming up), stamps, flowers, exercise equipment and you'd be able to make dens at the tops of the shelves! Like they do in Employee of the Month!! Such fun. 

Dear Costco, 

I love you. 

Sincerely yours, 

Beady. Xxx

Life's Little Joys

Sometimes I wake up and say to myself 
"today I will experience joy." 
(I think that if joy were a colour, it would most definitely be yellow.) 
And I do. Sometimes I wake up and even though I don't say it, it still happens. I consider myself to be truly blessed because of that. Because let's be honest, who doesn't want to have a bit of joy in their daily lives? 


This weekend was one of those glorious times where it just happened without me saying it to myself. This last weekend, two of my delicious nieces came to stay with Mr.K & I and they really, really, really, really brought me joy. I don't think that it would be too much of an exaggeration (well, maybe a little) to say that they are practically angels. If I had a Christmas tree, (in fact I would need two Christmas trees) I would spray them with gold paint and put them on top as beautiful life size decorations. 


Not only did there presence bring a little extra joy to my life, but they helped me remember some other little joys. Maybe you think it's a bit over the top (OTT!!!) to label the following list as joys, but I'm ever the optimist and I'm all for embracing life's little pleasure. Plus, little things please little minds. 
Away, here are some of my weekend joys...

1). Using giant comedy straws to drink peach squash. Using them with two girls under 10 makes it a much more acceptable thing to do.
(Which, please note, is my second favourite flavour squash. My first favourite flavour is white grape & peach. I think you can only buy it from Asda.) 


2). Going to COSTCO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I love that place. All of the exclamation marks are absolutely necessary. I love Costco so much that I even have a special song that I sing when we go. Maybe I'll teach it you some time. In a whole post dedicated to my love of Costco. Is that going too far?

3). Using those pictures that have a hole for you to put your face through. We went to the Royal Armories museum and they had one for King Henry VIII & for Queen Victoria. Ella is 7 (the one in this King Henry picture) and she very graciously corrected Mr.K when he thought that this was a different King. She is a genius at just 7 years old!


4). Giving out nicknames. Ella is already fondly called Ellabombella by the family, so I can't claim points for coming up with that one. Caleah didn't really have a nickname, so I decided to start calling her Ca-lee-lee. She smiled when I said it the first time, so I'm going to roll with it and see if it sticks. In fact, I'm going to make it stick. 


5). I went to the institute Christmas carol concert last night. Christmas songs bring me joy. Christmas songs been sung by some of my best friends brings me even more joy. After it had finished, I caught up with Angela (nickname: Fantangela. A fusion of the words fantastic and Angela. Genius.), Annie (Annie Apples) and Katie (Cakey). Angela is an absolute crack up. And she is the Queen of co-ordination and accessories. (They should make a picture of her with a hole for you to put you head through.) I used to live with Annie & Katie. I obviously don't now. I live with Mr. K...he is my husband after all. But I count them in my nearest and dearest. And they certainly bring me joy. Joy, joy, lots of joy.